York University | 2007-2008 Undergraduate Calendar - Undergraduate Courses and Programs

HOME | Current Students | Faculty & Staff | Research | International

link: Future Students, Alumni & Visitors

Faculties • Libraries • Campus Maps • York U Organization • Directory • Site Index	Search »

Health and Society - Arts

Note: For purposes of meeting program requirements, all foundations courses will count as six credits towards the major or minor.

Honours BA Program

Students will take at least 42 credits in health and society including the following:

AS/SOSC 2110 6.00;
AS/SOSC 2150 9.00;
AS/SOSC 3993 3.00;
15 additional credits at the 3000 level chosen from the list of health and society courses, including at least six credits from the Division of Social Science;
AS/SOSC 4140 6.00;
six additional social science credits at the 4000 level chosen from the list of Health and Society courses.

Honours Double Major BA Program

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with any other Honours bachelor's degree program in the Faculties of Arts, Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, or with approved major degree programs in the Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies, Faculty of Health, or Faculty of Science and Engineering. For further details on requirements, see the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other faculties.

Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA Programs

The Honours BA program described above may be linked with any Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA program in the Faculty of Arts.

Students must take at least 42 credits in health and society and at least 36 credits in the interdisciplinary program. Courses taken to meet health and society requirements cannot also be used to meet the requirements of the interdisciplinary program. Students in these interdisciplinary programs must take a total of at least 18 credits at the 4000 level including at least 12 credits in health and society and six credits in the interdisciplinary program. For further details of requirements, see the listings for specific Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA programs.

Honours Major/Minor BA Program

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with any Honours Minor bachelor's degree program in the Faculties of Arts, Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, or with approved minor degree programs in the Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies, Faculty of Health, or Faculty of Science and Engineering. For further details on requirements, see the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other faculties.

Honours Minor BA Program

The Honours Minor must be pursued jointly with an Honours Major/Minor BA program in the Faculty of Arts.

The Honours Minor in health and society comprises at least 30 credits including the following:

AS/SOSC 2110 6.00;
AS/SOSC 2150 9.00;
AS/SOSC 3993 3.00;
nine additional credits at the 3000 level chosen from the health and society list of program courses, including at least six credits from the Division of Social Science;
six social science credits at the 4000 level chosen from the list of health and society courses.

Note: Faculty of Arts legislation requires that, in order to obtain an Honours BA (120 credits), students must take a total of at least 18 credits at the 4000 level, including at least 12 credits at the 4000 level in each Honours major or Specialized Honours major.

BA Program

Students will take at least 30 credits in health and society including the following:

AS/SOSC 2110 6.00;
AS/SOSC 2150 9.00;
AS/SOSC 3993 3.00;
15 additional credits at the 3000 level chosen from the list of health and society courses, including at least six credits from the Division of Social Science.

Course Substitutes

Subject to course exclusions, program requirements/restrictions, and residence requirements, the following courses are acceptable substitutes for the purpose of meeting health and society program requirements:

Program Course	Course Substitutes
AS/SOSC 4140 6.00	AS/SOSC 4141 6.00

Health and Society Courses

Not all of the courses listed below will necessarily be offered in any given year.

With the approval of the program coordinator, and subject to course exclusion and in-Faculty regulations, students may complete other courses for program credit in health and society.

Note: For purposes of meeting program requirements, all foundations courses will count as six credits towards the major or minor.

Rules and Regulations in the Faculty of Arts

last modified:
June 21, 2007